king of defenders

Chapter 737 Entering Troop Training Time
Salinger's outburst had something to do with Meng Yun's encouragement, but it was not the main one. It was an outburst caused by Salinger's suppression for too long.

In fact, Salinger is not bad. He has good physical fitness and good skills. He used to average about 10 points per game for the Celtics. The reason why he is not playing well now is because he can't let go and is not confident enough.

Since coming to the Heat, Salinger has been in a state of confusion, unable to find himself on the court, playing timidly.

After this period of time, I watched Monroe, Lu Wei, and Nene all integrate into the team very well, but he always seemed a little out of place.

Because he didn't dare to play on the court, the coach was also a little disappointed with him, including his teammates, who were not as enthusiastic about him as they were about Monroe and Lu Wei. Salinger knew all this and kept suppressing it in his heart.

He wanted to fight well, wanted to subdue himself, Meng Yun's words were just an introduction.

There is also the Magic's defense. Lu Wei played too well before. The Magic focused their defense on Lu Wei and ignored Salinger. This gave Salinger a lot of opportunities. He scored two goals. After the ball, confidence also rose.

Once the confidence is up, coupled with the explosion that has been suppressed for too long, it is only then that Salinger can perform outstandingly. In a few minutes, Salinger made 7 of 4 shots, including a 2+1, and scored 9 points, which is really surprising. .

"Damn it." Coach Vogel cursed in a low voice and called a timeout.

Augustine and other players came to the court, all blushing, not daring to look at Vogel.

Just now I vowed that I must play well, make the Heat look good, and never embarrass the coach, but after only a few minutes, the face is gone.

The point difference has reached 16 points, and the loss in these few minutes is worse than that in the first quarter.

"Substitution." Vogel didn't even look at Augustine, motioned for a substitution, and replaced Gordon, Payton, and Fournier all at once.

Augustine and the others secretly exchanged glances, and they all smiled wryly. We were also very depressed, and Lu Wei was restrained. Who knew that Salinger popped up, this guy was really bloody?
Heat here.

Everyone greeted Salinger and the others. This time Salinger felt everyone's enthusiasm, which was a kind of recognition. He was excited and looked at Meng Yun gratefully.

Meng Yun smiled and said calmly, "This is your own effort, so don't thank me."

Salinger nodded and didn't say thank you, but seeing Meng Yun's eyes clearly showing some gratitude, Wade was very helpless, so he was bought?By the way, what did Meng Yun do, it seems that he only said a few words, right?

"It seems that Meng Yun has another younger brother." Wade laughed.

If Salinger can still perform well after today and gain a firm foothold in the Heat, he will probably become Meng Yun's loyal younger brother like Joseph Young.

However, Salinger is already 24 years old, a few years older than Meng Yun, which makes Wade always feel a little speechless, this young man is too emotional.

Wade also doesn't know that although Salinger is 24 years old and has been in the NBA for 4 years, his past 4 years have not been easy. In fact, he also had outstanding performances in the Celtics, but suffered injuries , Still unable to achieve the expected results, played for the Celtics for four years, but the Celtics gave up making a qualification offer for him in the last contract year.

This made Salinger very sad, even a little confused.

After becoming a free agent, some teams also made offers for him, but most of them had an annual salary of 400 million, which was about the same as a rookie contract, and even some teams were only willing to give him a basic salary.

The reason for choosing the Heat is because the Heat are the most sincere, with 510 million a year.

Of course, the Heat only signed him for one year. The meaning of the question is clear to Salinger, that is, they don't expect much from him.After coming to the Heat, he quickly realized that he was marginalized, his playing time was not guaranteed, and his teammates were not very enthusiastic about him, as if he was treating a passer-by. Yes, a passer-by, a useless passer-by.

In the confusion, Meng Yun gave Salinger encouragement and support, not just today, Meng Yun also took care of Salinger in the usual training, at least he did not treat him differently.

So when he broke out and gained respect, Salinger really felt that he should be grateful to Meng Yun, even though this oriental boy was three years younger than himself, it didn't hinder him.

Look at others, he has become the absolute core of the team at the age of 21, and even looks like he is about to become the leader of the team.No, it should be said that he has become the leader of the team.

Wade is free now.

"I'll follow Meng from now on." Salinger made up his mind.

Meng Yun didn't know what Salinger was thinking, and he didn't care about it. It was just a matter of effort for him.

Spoelstra also substituted, but Sullinger was not replaced. Spoelstra said to him: "There is no need to have so many scruples here. Let go of the game, even if you don't perform well. It doesn't matter, there are Meng Yun and the others."

Salinger grinned and said, "Yes, Coach."

In fact, what Spoelstra means is that you are a substitute anyway, and it doesn’t matter if you don’t play well. The team mainly relies on Meng Yun and the others to win. If other people feel uncomfortable, it turns out that you are so unimportant.But Sullinger didn't, and Spoelstra felt relieved to say so.

After all, he is not a very ambitious person.

The game continues.

After returning to the field, Salinger's performance was not as explosive as before, but it was not bad, playing regular mid-range.This is enough, at least he can let go and no longer be afraid.

The Heat still had the upper hand on the field, and the point difference had almost widened to [-] points. Coach Vogel called a timeout with a black face, and replaced all the main players.

Meng Yun, Wade and others will also be replaced here.

By the end of the first half, the Heat led by 19 points.

Entering the second half, the main players of both sides came out together, and Meng Yun broke out again, scoring consecutive points, directly expanding the point difference to more than [-] points, and the morale of the Magic team was low.

"Very good." Spoelstra chuckled, took the initiative to call a timeout, and said, "Now it's almost time for training."

When the third quarter was halfway through, the suspense of the game had been lost, and the Heat simply entered the training time. As long as it was to practice tactics and cultivate tacit understanding, the lineup on the field was frequently changed.

After watching Vogel for a while, he understood, his face was very ugly, but he was helpless, what else could he do if he had such strength and such a big difference in points?

In a blink of an eye, the game is over.

With a score of 122:111, the Heat beat the Magic by 11 points and won their first victory in the regular season.

In fact, the Heat could have won more, but then they simply practiced and didn't care if the point difference was narrowed, as long as they ensured a steady victory.

Meng Yun scored 28 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists; Wade 20 points, Monroe 17 points, 8 rebounds, Lu Wei 18 points, Sullinger scored 14 points, Luol Deng 10 points, the team has six players In the double figures, both the main lineup and the substitute lineup showed strong combat effectiveness, which made Spoelstra very satisfied.

(End of this chapter)